THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...WHILE LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...A MORE INTENSE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM MID
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AS IS TYPICAL WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW...TOTALS
WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE COUNTY AND EVEN OVER
RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCES. LOCALIZED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES NOW APPEAR LIKELY WITH AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHEAST PORTER COUNTY.
DURING THE MORE INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS...SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL AT
A RATE OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* HAZARDS...RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION...NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...AND
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 AND
THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY MAKE IT
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP
ROADWAYS CLEARED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS AND BRING ALONG A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.